Frank Donoghue
# Frank Donoghue

Francis Patrick Donoghue (17 August 1904 – 31 May 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

## Family

The son of Patrick Donoghue (1871-1946), and Mary Elizabeth Donoghue (1878-1952), née Deery, Francis Patrick Donoghue as born at Bairnsdale, Victoria on 17 August 1904.

He married Jessica Beatrice Mills (1908-2000) in 1933. he married Mary Elizabeth Fitzpatrick in 1954.

## Education

He was educated at Nambrok State School No.3626, Sale High School, and Xavier College.

As a resident of Newman College he studied medicine at the University of Melbourne, graduating Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) on 17 September 1928.

## Football

Recruited from University Blues, and cleared from the Rosedale Football Club in Gippsland, he played in 51 games for the Carlton First XVIII over four seasons (1925-1928).

On Saturday, 31 July 1926 he played for a representative VFL side in a match against a combined Ovens and Murray League team.

## Medical practice

In mid-1936 he took over the practice of the recently deceased Horace Pern (1872-1936), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), in Leongatha, Victoria.

## Military service

He served in the Australian Army Medical Corps in the Second World War.

## Death

He died at the Repatriation General Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria on 31 May 1971.

